Improvement in clothes-wringer



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GILBERT` sMrrHQor HIGHLAND FALLS, NEW YORK.

lLetters Patent'No. 93,488, dated August 10, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it 'may concern p Be it known that I, GILBERT SMITH, ofHighland Falls, in Orange county, inthe State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful vImprovementsv in Clothes-WVlingers; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof'.

'Of late, inventors have given attention mainly tol and uniformcompression of the whole articles being wrung. A net, or open fibrouscasing, receives the goods, and a twisting action-applied theretoexpresses the water, which is led back into the tub by the inclinedtrough in which it is mounted.

My machine is adapted to be placed on the edge of an ordinary tub. p L'l There are several novel features of 'my invention, as will beenumerated at the' close of the description. One conspicuous noveltylies in the capacity to introduce the goods through a ring, or hollowrigid frame, at the lower end of the net-work.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through the machine, represented asclamped upon the edge of a tub.

A portion of the supporting-leg is represented, which aids in supportingthe outer end of the machine. .It

will be understood that this leg is of a length adapted to Vproperlysupport the machine on a tub' of average height.' If the tub is a littlehigher or a little lower,

the leg will still contribute to steady and support the' work.

Figure 2 is a cross-section on the line s s in fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both figures.

A is an ordinary 'wash-tub.

`B is a trough, of rectangular section, and provided with jaws B1, ofwhich there are two, one each side of `the trough, as will be readilyunderstood.

preference, of hard wood, with two wing-pieces D1 D2, which fitloosely'within the interior of the trough, and sustain it inproperposition as it slides backward and v forward therein.

The top piece, or strip B2, acts against the upper edge of thewing DZ.

E is a stout disk, of har wood or other suitable maf terial, mounted onthe s aft G, and adapted to be turned by a4 handle or levergH, arrangedas represented.

The pawl I, mounted in the edge of the trough B,

acts on teeth ein the periphery of the revolving disk E, to hold it inany position iu Vwhichit may be left. M mis a net-work, extending fromthe periphery of the ring D to the periphery of the disk E.

'.It is made by 'extending a cord, M, back and forward throughholes, andtying them together at short intervals by smaller cords m, which extendnearly .around,'but are disconnected at the top. In other words, thenet-work may be opened along its upper side to remove the clothing afterbeing wrung.

Wet clothing maybe introduced through this topopening when necessary,but I prefer to introduce it,

in all ordinary cases, through the ring I).

To the ring Dis attached' a stout cord, J, .which extends downwardaround a pulley, K, then backward The wringing-machine is applied andmade fast by, turning the screws O. The supporting-leg` B3isilitroduced, either before or afterv the turning of the screws y(l,'and a suitable' weight,'say two flat-irons, is hung upon the hook j.

Now, the clothing is lifted b y one hand, and iutrol duced through thering D.

In many cases an entire washing may be introduced at once into theordinary small and cheap machine', in

which caseit maybe allowed to drain as long'as may be desired, after thecompressive force is applied.

In other cases-a part only of the clothing will be I introduced, and theremainder left for a subsequent operation.

A quantity of clothing having been thus introduced into the net-work,and the pawl I being allowed to drop upon the teeth e, the two hande areapplied to the handle H, and it is gradually and forcibly turned.

The turning twists the net and compresses the clothing, and in'doing soshortens the net, and the sliding ring'D travels upward inthe inclinedtrough.

This motion is resisted uniformly by the weight de` i pendent on thehook j.

The water is discharged at first plentifully, and afterward more slowly,into the trough B, and is by it conducted back into the tub.

Holes b are provided in the lower end of the trough, to discharge thewater.

After atinie the net is untwisted .by a reversed motion, and theclothing is removed through the top, while fresh wet material isintroduced again through the ring.

Sonie of -the advantages due to certain features of my invention maybeseparatelyenumerated, as follows:

First, by reason of my hollow ring D, as arranged, I am able tointroduce the clothing more easily, and with less risk oi' wetting thefloor and other adjacent objects, than with lany previously-knownconstruction.

Second, by providing the jaws B1 and set-screws C, under my inclinedtrough B, as represented, I support the net-work, and its operatingmeans, in'position, and receive and dispose of thc water with moreconvenience and less cuinbrous machinery than has been heretoforeemployed with this class of wringer.

Third, by reason of the cord J, pulleys K L, and weight NV, arranged asrepresented relatively to the trough B, sliding ring D, and twistingmeans E, and its connections, I am able to offer a constant andeasilygraduated resistance to the contracting as the wringer progresses.

The springs heretofore employed to perform this function have been moreexpensive, more 'subject'to derangement and failure, are less easilyrepaired or new ones substituted, and particularly are certain toincrease the resistance as the work progresses, offering either toolittle resistance at the commencement, or too much near the end of theirmotion.

g Vhat I claim as new, and as my invention, is as follows:

1. I claim, in a twisting wringer, the hollow sliding ring D, adapted toreceiveV the clothing through its interior into the net-work M m, asherein specified. 2. I claim, in combination with a twisting wringer,the inclined trough B, jaws B1, and set-screws C, adapted `to supportthe parts B Bl Bz, M m, and twisting means E G H, all combined andarranged as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GILBERT SMITH. lVitnesses:

\V. C.' DEY, M. A. Down.

